Sequential excerpts (including footnotes) from ‘The Dawn-Breakers’ by Nabil-i-‘Azam, translated and edited by Shoghi Effendi

February 28, 2025

Submissive attitude of Máh-Kú inhabitants towards Hájí Mírzá Aqásí, the prime minister

The country of the first minister on the Ádhirbayján frontier, this village was lifted out of obscurity under the administration of this minister and many citizens of Máh-Kú were raised to the highest offices in the state, because of their slavish attitude toward Hájí Mírzá Aqásí.” 

(Journal Asiatique, 1866, tome 7, p. 356, note 1; footnotes to chapter 13 provided by Shoghi Effendi)